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Boxing Day is celebrated between Christmas and New Year’s Day. It is an official public holiday when banks, offices and schools Saturday or Sunday, the holiday is observed on the following Monday. Some believe the name is derived from the tradition of opening alms boxes that were placed in churches to gather donations for the poor. Others theorize the name comes from boxes of gifts given to employees on the day after Christmas, seeing as servants traditionally had to work on Christmas and Dec. 26 was their day to enjoy time off with family. Although Boxing Day is known across the United Kingdom and British Commonwealth nations like Canada, it is not observed in the United States.